Slug guide



H. W. PARTLOW.

SLUG GUIDE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. I, 1919.

1,41 1,457. Patented p 4', 1922.

INVENTOR.

HOWARD w. PARTLOW /amzm ATTORNEY.

PATENT orsica.

HOWARD \V. PARTLOW, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

SLUG GUIDE.

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Application filed March 1, 1919.

Z '0 all n; 710m it may concern Be it known that I, l lownno XV. PAnrLow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slug Guides, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. 1

My invention relates to a slug guide for typesetting machines, and I declare the following to be a full, complete and exactdescription thereof sufficient to enable anyone skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,'re'ference being had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a device that will prevent the upper end of a slug, as it moves down the chute of the typesetting machine onto the galley thereof from tipping forward and thereby transposing when it reaches the galley. The device is made adjustable, whereby it can be used to accommodate slugs of different lengths. It also has a yielding member for the escape of the slugs should they become clogged in the machine.

The object will appear by referring to the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the salient parts of a. typesetting machine showing slug adjusting device attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a detail enlarged view of the slug adjusting device, showing the same in perspective;

Fig. 8 is a detail enlarged view, showing a central vertical section of the device, parts being illustrated also in elevation;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of an arm and immediate parts employed on the device;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of a spring used;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a hollow arm employed;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a stud employed to hold the hollow arm of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of parts of the typesetting machine, showing a bracket to which the slug adjusting device is attached.

Referring more particularly to the draw-- ings, the bracket of a typesetting machine 5 ecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4., 1922.

Serial No. 280,163.

in which is located a chamber for the passage oi the slugs 1 from the typesetting machine to the galley 3 is represented by 2. The galley is equipped with a yielding arm l. The slugs 1 are pushed sidewise along the galley 3 by a vibratory lever 5. The above parts of the machine are old and well known in the art.

In this instance, however, which we claim as new, the bracket 2 has a lateral face 6 with a threaded aperture 7 for the attachment of a like bracket 8 holding or carrying the novel slug adjuster which is the object of my invention. The slug adjuster is represented by 10 and comprises a piece of metal or member 11 having a long narrow slot 11 in which slides a stud 12. The stud 12 is reduced at 18 to {it the slot 11 and attached by a screw 14: to its outer end a spring 15, whereby the stud 12 may be held at any given location along the member 11*. The spring 15 has upturned flanges 24-24 to guide it along the slot 11 of the mem-- ber 11.

I The opposite or free end of the stud 12 is reduced at 16 to provide a bearing for the mounting of the hollow arm 17 which is recessed at 18. The hollow arm 17 is fulcrumed to the stud 12 by a pin 19. It is covered with a rubber sleeve 28. The ends of the hollow arm 17 are squared at 21 and rounded. off at 22, whereby to permit the hollow arm 17 to turn upon its fulcrum 19 in one direction only.

The hollow arm 17 is held normally in perpendicular relation to the member 11 and in alinement with the stud 12 or as illus trated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 by a spring 25 that is attached at one end to an aperture formed in the stud 12 at 26 and at the other end to a pin :2? mounted to the arm 17. This construction permits the arm 17 to yield, whereby to release the slugs 1 and allow them to fall out of the chamber in the bracket 2, should said chamber become clogged therewith.

The operation of the device is very simple. The yielding hollow arm 17 is set in accordance with the length of slug 1- that is being used in the typesetting machine by pushing the arm 17 up or down along the slot 11 of the member 11. The exact location of the arm 17, whereby it will be in 7 the graduation marks or numerals disposed along the member 11 adjacent the slot 11.

The bracket 8 is spaced from the member 11 by bars 30-30, whereby the spring 15 is able to move freely therepast.

As the slugs l are pushed into the chamber of the bracket 2 by the ejector 31, the same will be prevented from tipping forward by the arm 1.7. At the same time thearm 17 will offer no resistance to the descent of the slug l--1 in proper position toward the galley 3, where it will be shed gradually in a lateral manner by the vibratory .lever 5.

aving thus described my invention what I, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a slug guide for typesetting machines, an arm, spring means for holding said arm in adjusted vertical position, whereby to locate .it with reference to the length of a slug adapted to pass thereby, a pivot for mounting said arm, and spring 'means I01 permitting said arm to yield to release said slugs should they become clogged in the typesetting machine.

2. In a slug guide for typesetting machines, an arm pivotally mounted, a flat spring for holding said arm in adjusted ver ical position, whereby to locate thesame with reference to the length of slug, and a spring for permitting said arm to turn on its pivot to release said slugs should they become clogged in the typesetting machine.

In a slug guide for typesetting machines, a pivotally mounted yielding arm, a metal plate having a narrow slot, a spring for holding said arm at any location along said slot, whereby it will prevent the slugs, as the Y comefrom the machine from tipping orward, and a second spring for allowing said arm to turn on its pivot in a yielding manner.

4. In a slug guide for typesetting machines, a member having a slot, a pivotally 4 mounted yielding arm adapted to slide along said slot, whereby it will be in position to prevent the slugs from tipping forward, as they come from the typesetting machine, a fiat spring for holding said arm 5 at any given location along said slot, and a second spring-for allowing said arm to turn in a yielding manner upon its pivot.

In a slug guide for typesettingemachines, a member having a slot, a and 5 adapted to slide along said slot, an arm pivoted to said stud and adapted to prevent the slugs from tippingforward, as they come from the ty wsetti ng machine, a spring for holding said stud at any given 6 location along said slot, and a second spning for allowing said stud to turn in a yielding manner upon its pivot.

6. In a slug guide for typesetting :ma chines, a graduated member having a slot, 6 a pivotally mounted arm adapted to slide along said slot, whereby itwill be in position to prevent the slugs from tipping forward, as they come from the typesetting machine, a spring for holding said arm at 7 any given location along said slot, and a second spring .ior allowing said arm to turn in a yielding manner.

7. In a slug guide for typesettingimachines, a member attached to a typesetting 7 machine and having a slot, a stud slidingly mounted in said slot, an arm tul crumed to said stud, a spring for holding said arm in alignment with said stud, a second spring having upturned flanges, whereby to hold 8 said stud and arm at any given position along said slot, whereby to prevent the slugs from tipping forward, and means for allowing said arm to turn in one direction only on its pivot. 8

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

HOWARD W. PARTLOIV. 

